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Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon
4.5⭐
Thank you so much to Delacorte Press and Netgalley for providing and e-arc copy! All thoughts and opinions are still my own.
My poor heart will never recover from this book... I had no idea what to expect going into this book (this is my first Nicola Yoon book!) but I definitely got more than I bargained for.
I fell in love with the premise from the moment I read it on Goodreads. I love when books explore love in unique ways and this definitely did just that.
Let's start with the characters. I loved how each and every character was flawed yet relatable and lovable. Don't be fooled by stunning, bright cover - there are a lot of a difficult things explored in here (death, cheating, etc). Nicola Yoon does such an amazing job of exploring the person behind the flaw.
The formatting was so fantastic and kept the book moving through otherwise slow parts. I loved how we got tiny glimpses of their training to mark the passage of time without having to linger there and slow down the story. It was kind of brilliant.
Also this delved into the complexity of teenage friendship. Without going into spoilers, I think a lot of people (adults and teens alike) will viscerally relate to what this group goes through.
But the real shining star of this book was, of course, the romance. Be still my heart, I adored these two. Again, no spoilers, but the way Nicola Yoon explored love and it's worth tore me apart. And I don't think I'll ever recover. I definitely cried my way through the end (and the acknowledgements).
This might have been my first Nicola Yoon book, but it definitely won't be my last!
Thank you so much to Delacorte Press and Netgalley for providing and e-arc copy! All thoughts and opinions are still my own.
My poor heart will never recover from this book... I had no idea what to expect going into this book (this is my first Nicola Yoon book!) but I definitely got more than I bargained for.
I fell in love with the premise from the moment I read it on Goodreads. I love when books explore love in unique ways and this definitely did just that.
Let's start with the characters. I loved how each and every character was flawed yet relatable and lovable. Don't be fooled by stunning, bright cover - there are a lot of a difficult things explored in here (death, cheating, etc). Nicola Yoon does such an amazing job of exploring the person behind the flaw.
The formatting was so fantastic and kept the book moving through otherwise slow parts. I loved how we got tiny glimpses of their training to mark the passage of time without having to linger there and slow down the story. It was kind of brilliant.
Also this delved into the complexity of teenage friendship. Without going into spoilers, I think a lot of people (adults and teens alike) will viscerally relate to what this group goes through.
But the real shining star of this book was, of course, the romance. Be still my heart, I adored these two. Again, no spoilers, but the way Nicola Yoon explored love and it's worth tore me apart. And I don't think I'll ever recover. I definitely cried my way through the end (and the acknowledgements).
This might have been my first Nicola Yoon book, but it definitely won't be my last!